If you wake up in the middle of the night, don't look at your clock, says Dr. Shahid Ahsan of St. Elizabeth ? Central.

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MaryJane Slaby

Adults should sleep seven to eight hours each night and adolescents and young adults should sleep eight to nine hours, said Dr. Shahid Ahsan, who specializes in sleep medicine and is the medical director of the Sleep Disorders Center at St. Elizabeth - Central.

He said restful sleep is all about routine - even on the weekends. If you go to bed later than usual on Friday, you will wake up later on Saturday and go to bed later than usual that day, then wake up later on Sunday and go to bed later that night, too, making you tired on Monday morning, Ahsan said. ...